In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ACRIDITY
acridity, acridness
(noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone
acridity, acridness
(noun) extreme bitterness; “the acridity of alkali”
acridity
(noun) having an acrid smell
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
acridity (countable and uncountable, plural acridities)
bitterness or acerbity.
An acrid taste or smell.
Synonyms
• acridness
Source: Wiktionary
A*crid"i*ty, Ac"rid*ness n.
Definition: The quality of being acrid or pungent; irritant bitterness; acrimony; as, the acridity of a plant, of a speech.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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